高三英语Exercises of words and expressions
Fill in the blanks with the given words
A: accident, incident, event
1. This year we have less traffic ___ than last year.
2. What you have said is only an ordinary ____.
3. We have kept a reserve fund in case of ___.
4. Something must be provided against __.
5. What was the ten chief ___ in the world last year?
6. The founding of the People’s Republic of China is a great ___ in the history of mankind.
7. Some people consider it a common ___, but I consider it an extraordinary.
B: almost , nearly
1. The man is ___ 90 years old.
2. The fright __ killed him.
3. We had ___ reached our destination.
4. It’s ___ six o’clock, so we’ll soon be off work.
5. It’s __ six o’clock, so the film will be shown in a minute.
6. He has __ no money.
7. I have not __ finished my work.
8. I __ wish I had taken his advice.
9. They are __ related, but they have hardly ever seen.
10. There are ___ one hundred students in the hall.
C. fairly , rather
1. The table is ___ too heavy for me to carry.
2. This is ___ an old car.
3. This is a ___ good car.
4. My brother is ___ better today.
5. Wolf is ___ like dog.
6. The tiger my daughter drew is ___ a cat.
D. sense/ feel
1. The child must ___ hungry now.
2. The moment I entered the house, I instinctively ___ danger.
3. He ____ a draught of cold air in his face.
4. You make me ___ embarrassed.
5. From the tone of the last letter from Tom, I ___ that his father was critically ill.
E. congratulate/ celebrate
1. We ___ the New Year with a party.
2. I ___ you on your success.
3. He ___ us on getting married.
4. The whole country ___ the return of Macao.
5. His contributions were ___ by poets.
F. divide, separate
1. Al his family was __ during the war.
2. The apple was ___ into two.
3. The child was ___ from its mother.
4. Oxygen can be __ from water.
5. Mr. Wang ____ his students into two groups.
G. actual , real, true
1. Is this __ gold or something made to look like gold?
2. this is what the book says. In ___ life, however, things are not so simple.
3. She is one of those revolutionaries who are absolutely ___ in word and in deed.
4. The __ value of labour in capitalist society does not represent the ___ value of labour.
5. It’s an ___ fact; I haven’t invented or imagined it.
H. drawing, painting, picture
1. A friend of mine sent me some __ of New York last week.
2. This book gives a good __ of life in England 200 years ago.
3. He made ___ of some of the insects.
4. They went to school to learn engineering___.
5. I happened to buy several old ___ in that small shop.
I. shade, shadow
1. Today, the ___ of war hangs heavily over their people.
2. He could find no ___ to stand in while waiting.
3. In this picture the tree is throwing a ___ on the ground.
4. She had her new gas cooker, new ___ for the lamps.
5. Let’s sit down in the ___ of that tree.
K. appear, seem, look
1. He ___ not to have heard what had been said.
2. He is over seventy, but he doesn’t ___ his age.
3. She -_ to know more than she really does.
4. Her one fault ___ to be that she was too quiet.
5. There ___ to be hundreds of people in the field; it was quite full.
L. technology/ technique
1. You should employ a variety of ___ in the exam.
2. These people have reached only a very low level of ____.
3. Engineering is studied at a school of ___.
4. They used lots of ___ to get their prisoners to cooperate.
5. Because of modern ___, we have a much higher standard of living.
M. defend, protect, guard
1. We shall ___ our island, whatever the cost may be.
2. Here we are well ___ against a surprise attack.
3. Soldiers ___ the research center with guns every day.
4. Put on a thicker coat to ___ yourself from the cold.
5. The old man has dark glasses on to ___ his eyes from the sun.
N. affair, business, matter, thing
1. Mind your own ___ .
2. ___ are getting worse and worse.
3. ___ before pleasure.
4. Each ministry of Foreign ___ lodged a protest with the other.
O. country, nation, state, land
1. How many __ are there in the world?
2. Al the natural resources are managed by the ___.
3. Trade between __ is better than war.
4. He was forced to leave his native____.
Keys:
A 1. accidents 2. incident 3. accident 4. accidents 5. events 6. event 7. incident , event
B. 1. almost/nearly 2. almost/nearly 3. almost/nearly 4. almost 5. nearly 6. almost 7. nearly
8. almost 9. nearly 10. nearly 11. nearly 12. almost 13. Almost 14. nearly
C. 1. rather 2. rather 3. fairly 4. rather , 5. rather 6. rather
D. 1. feel 2. sensed 3. felt 4. feel 5. sensed
E. celebrate 2. congratulate 3. congratulated 4. celebrated 5. celebrated
F. 1. separated 2. divided 3. separated 4. separated 5. divided
G. 1. real 2. actual(real) 3. true 4. actual, real 5. actual
H. 1. picture 2. picture 3. drawings 4. drawing 5. paintings
I. 1. shadow 2. shade 3. shadow 4. shades 5. shadow(shade)
K. 1. appeared 2. look 3. appears 4. appeared 5. seemed
L. 1. techniques 2. technology 3. technology 4. techniques 5. technology
M. 1. defend 2. defended 3. guard 4. protect 5. protect
N. affairs(business) 2. Things 3. Business 4. Affairs 5. matters
O. 1. countries 2. state 3. nations 4. land
Fill in the blanks with the given expressions:
A. agree with, agree to, agree on, agree that
1. I don’t agree ___ what you said.
2. Beef does not agree ___ me.
3. Can you agree ___ a date for the meeting?
4. We all agreed ___ your request.
5. He agreed __ I was right.
6. We don’t agree ___ each other .
7. They agreed ___ a price for the car.
8. Does he agree __ our suggestion?
9. I completely agree ___ your views.
10. She doesn’t agree ___ my plan.
B. be afraid of (sth./doing sth.), be afraid to (do sth.)
1. Don’t ___ (ask) for help.
2. She ___ (go) out alone at night.
3. Tom failed in the exam, and he ___(tell) his father about it.
4. She ___(fall) behind her classmates.
5. John was ill and he needed more sleep. His wife ___(wake) him up.
6. John’s temper was bad and his wife __(wake) him up.
7. He ___(not laugh at ) and stuck to his theory.
8. She ___(laugh at), and gave up her plan.
C. take place , take one’s place/ take the place of/in place/ in place of
1. I like to have everything ____.
2. We can use plastics ______ wood or metal.
3. Great changes ___ in my home town these years.
4. When will the sports meet ____?
5. The manager will be away for a month. Who will ___?
6.My brother is ill, and I’ve come to ___ him.
7. ___, please. We are about to start.
8. Tractors have now ___ horses and cows in most villages.
D. be careful with / be careful of / be careful about
1. You’d better be careful ___ your pronunciation.
2. The public was warned to be careful __L rats.
3. Be more careful ___ the vase; it’s valuable.
4. Be more careful ___ your work.
5. We should be careful __ public property.
E. look down on(upon) /look back upon / look forward to
1. The children are ___ the holidays.
2. It is a pleasant to ___ our children.
3. In the old days, the working people were ___.
4. The aged people like to ____ the old days.
5. The film we have been ___ will be shown tomorrow.
F. work on/work at / work out
1. He is ___ a new novel now.
2. They have ___ this subject for many years.
3. They ___ the old car late into the night.
4. The problem is too difficult for me to ___ .
5. They will ___ till midnight.
G. in a word , in work, in words, in so many words
1. I don’t want you simply to promise me ___ that you’ll be good.
2. ----Did she say she liked you? ---- Not ____.
3. Lily is clever, polite and well-behaved ___ she is worth praising.
4. The little boy can describe the beauty of the scene ___.
5. He told lies, ____ he cheated us.
H. have a word with , have word, have words with
1. Can I ___ you, Mr. Smith? I have something important.
2. He ___ his neighbours for some trifles (琐事).
3. Did you ____ from him since he left.
4. Tom is waiting to ___ you.
5. There’s no need to____ him about the housework.
I. all over , all through
1. ___ the evening and into the late of night, the singing went on.
2. He was well thought of ____ the district.
3. They remained in the countryside ___ the summer holiday.
4. I have traveled ___ Europe many, many times in my life.
5. During the fight we received many messages of support from ____ the country.
J. for sale , on sale
1. There are some nice apples ___ in that shop.
2. I got this hat ___ ; it was very cheap.
3. All the pictures in this exhibition are ____.
4. The sign on that house says “___”; shall we find out the price?
5. Will the new product be ______ as early as next month?
K. a second, the second
1. Tom is ___ son; he has an elder brother.
2. This fellow seems to think he’s ___ Napoleon!
3. You will need ___ pair of shoes for a change.
4. ___ day of the week is Monday.
5. “You” is ____ person pronoun.
L. keep off, keep out, keep away
1. They have shut the door and mean to ___ us ___.
2. The doctor ordered the woman to ___ all solid food for at least twenty-four hours.
3. They made a big fire to ___ wild animals ____.
4. I hope you’ll ___ of trouble while I’m away.
5. There curtains are meant to ___ mosquitoes.
6. We must ___ these combustibles ___ from the fire.
7. Danger! _________.
8. How did the young wife ___ her husband ___ alcohol all last year?
9. He ___ the subject throughout our conversation.
10. Please ____ the grass.
M. in case, in case of, in the case of , in ay case, in that case
1. ____ you must not tell a lie.
2. You shouldn’t carry the pan of burning oil out of the kitchen. _____ you might get burnt.
3. ___ a chemical change, some new substance is produced.
4. ___ fire, ring the alarm bell.
5. ___ I forget , please remind me of my promise.
6. Call for help ____ danger.
7. You’d better take an umbrella with you ___it rains.
8. She doesn’t let him leave the train ____ he should get lost.
N. at peace, in peace
1. He is sleeping ____.
2. He lives___ with his neighbours.
3. Tom spent the rest part of his life in America ____.
4. We all like living ___ with each other, we don’t like quarrel and fighting.
5. We shouldn’t destroy the place where this kind of golden monkey lives, ____.
O. far, by far
1. Tom is ____ the best student in our class.
2. He is younger ___ than I.
3. It is ___ better to go by air.
4. I’d ___ rather be happy than rich.
P. hold on, hold on to, hold out, hold down, hold up, hold back
1.Please ___ till the rescuers reached him.
2. The pin ____ the wheel ___.
3. “Please ___ ,” the telephone operator said to the caller.
4. It was hard to keep the store going during the depression, but Jack ___ and at last met with success.
5. Joe rescued a drowning child ___ to a plank.
6. Jack has been trying hard to ___ his temper.
7. He ___ his old furniture when he moved to his new house.
8. Mr. Smith ___ a plan of his own.
9. __________, don’t hang up.
10. She ___ her hand in friendship.
11. How long will our food supplies ____?
12. I ___ the map so that it could be seen more clearly.
13. His train was ____ in heavy snow , for which he was two hours late.
14.The invaders occupied their land, but had no success in ___ them ____ .
15. She ___ her head ___ in shame.
16. The soldiers built banks of earth to ___ the rising flood waters.
Q. give out, give off, give up, give away, give in
1. Don’t ___ while you stand and see(一息尚存).
2. The floor ____ under the weight of the heavy machine.
3. He has ___ to my views.
4. The criminal finally____ himself ____ after hiding from the police for several weeks.
5. The gentleman ___ his seat ___ to the old woman.
6. He didn’t ____ the secret of the Party.
7. Our water supply at last ____.
8. The horse ___ when we reached the end of the journey.
9. The teacher ___ the examination papers when the bell rang.
10. This gas ____ a bad smell.
11. He has ____ all his books to the National Library.
12. You have ____ a good chance of being promoted.
13. Don’t ____ the secret.
14. His accent ___ him ___.
15. The president of the university came to the ceremony and ___ the prizes.
R. put away, put out, put off, put down, put up
1. He ____ the telephone bill ___ as a business cost.
2. As the man had rough hands, I ___ him ___ as a farm worker.
3. Would you please ____ these goods to my account?
4. She ___ her heavy bag ___on the ground and rested for a few minutes.
5. ____ whatever you are doing and join the party.
6. He made an unkind remark, and intended to ___ her ___.
7. It’s going to rain. We’d better ___ the things and go indoors.
8. How can they __ so much wine ?
9. It’s time to ___ those foolish ideas.
10. It’s rude to ___ your tongue at people.
11. The plants are ____ early shoots.
12. The factory has ____ an increased number of bicycles this month.
13. Would you please ___ me ____ at the next station?
14. The meeting has been ____ until next week.
15. The farmer ____ three tons of hay for the winter.
16. The new library will be ___ by a local contractor.
17. We decided to ____ for the night here.
18. I can’t ____ with your rudeness any more.
Keys.
A. 1. with 2. with 3. on 4. to 5. that 6. with 7. on 8. to 9. with 10. to
B. 1. be afraid of asking/be afraid to ask 2. is afraid to go 3. was afraid to tell 4. is afraid of falling 5. was afraid of waking 6. was afraid to wake 7. was not afraid to be laughed at 8. was afraid of being laughed at
C. 1. in place 2. in place of 3. have taken place 4. take place 5. take his place / take the place of him 6. take the place of 7. Take your place 8. taken the place of
D. 1. with 2. of/about 3. of/ about 4. with 5. of/about
E. 1. looking forward to 2. look back upon 3. looked down upon 4. look back upon 5. looking forwarding
F. 1. working on 2. worked at 3. worked on 4. work out 5. work on
G. 1. in word 2. in so many words 3. in a word 4. in words 5. in other words
H. have a word with 2. had words with 3. have word 4. have a word with
5. have words with
I. 1. All through 2. all over 3. all through 4. all over 5. all over
J. 1. on sale 2. on sale 3. for sale 4. For Sale 5. on sale
K. 1. the second 2. a second 3. a second 4. The second 5. a second
L. 1. keep…out 2. be kept off 3. keep …off 4. keep out 5. keep off/out 6. keep…away
7. Keep away 8. keep…off 9. keep off 10. keep off
M. 1. in any case 2. In that case 3. In the case of 4. In case of 5. In case 6. in case of 7. in case 8. in case
N. 1. in peace 2. at peace 3. in peace 4. at peace 5 in peace
O. 1. by far 2. by far 3. far 4. far
P. 1. hold on, 2. held, on 3. hold on 4. held on 5. holding on to 6. hold on to 7. held on
8. held on to 9. hold on, 10. held out(up) 11. hold out 12. held up 13. held up 14. holding…down 15. held…down 16. hold back
Q. 1. give in 2. give in 3. given in 4.gave…up 5. gave …up 6. give up 7. gave out 8. gave out 9.gave out 10. gives out (off) 11. given away 12. given away 13. give away 14. gave, away 15. gave away
R. 1. put …down 2. put…down 3. put down 4. put …down 5. Put down 6. put …down
7. put away 8. put away 9. put away 10. put out 11. putting out 12. put out 13. put…off
14. put off 15. put up 16. put up 17. put up 18. put up
III. Try to understand the following sentences, pay attention to the different meanings of the words or expressions in bold letters:
A. be up to:
1) 从事于，忙于
1. Go and see what these naughty boys are up to.
2. He is up to good deeds.
2) 应(由某人)担任或负责， 常用 作形式主语
3. It is up to me to get the four of us moving.
4. It is up to you to decide where we should go.
3) 胜任， 适于
5. I don’t feel up to going to work today.
6. The product is up to standard.
4) 直到…(用于距离、时间、程度、数量等)
7. I didn’t know the fact up to then.
8. The baby can count from one up to twenty.
B. pick up
1) 拾起 拿起
1. I picked up the telephone and asked for the number of the Chemistry department.
2) 碰巧 (或意外地) 得到
2.She picked up a real bargain at the shop today.
3. I picked up that dictionary in a second-hand book shop.
3). (非正规地)学到(知
4. The children picked up games easily.
4) 中止后重又开始，继续
5. We picked up the story again at the point where Dick has lost his job at the newspaper office.
5) (天气，生意等)(使) 好转
When is the weather going to pick up? It’s been bad for days.
C. come out
1) 出现， 出来
1. The stars came out as it was dark.
2) 出版， 发行
2. This magazine comes out once a month.
3) The news came out that his father was very ill.
4) 被算出
What is the cost going to come out at?
5) 去掉，消失
The colour doesn’t come out when the cloth is washed.
6) 罢工
6. Workers in all the factories came out in support of the dismissed workers.